[MR] Re: Follow up report on the combat arrow that hit IstvanToth

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 07:40:23PM -0700, Richard Mowbray wrote:
> I have a question, where is the archer who shot a man who had his
> helmet off and was standing 50' from the combat on the other side of a
> 100' bridge? Let's hear it for the total lack of judgement on this
> person's part!

That conclusion is premature.
> 
> With my weapon in hand, within striking range of my oponent, I have
> never been tempted to let-go a shot at someone who DIDN'T HAVE A HELMET
> ON! I think we should publish this "combatant"'s name and ask them a
> few pointed questions.

No. That presumes that the archer deliberately shot at the fighter who
took his helmet off. No evidence to support that claim has been adduced.
I do not claim it not to be the case, but it remains an unsupported
supposition. What is clear is that the injured fighter took off his
helmet while in a place subject to fire from archers. 
> 
> Unless the pro-archery-at-any-cost folks can convince us that he took
> off his helm and then shot himself in the face, at least one other
> person was directly involved in this incident.

Bushwah! That is uncalled for. Were you intending to be gratuitously
insulting? This last paragraph undermines the legitimacy of your
gripe.
> 
> Folks, let's get real about this.

Some of us are. Care to join us?

yours,
Herveus

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